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Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set API

From
Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2014, 11:02 UTC
Message-ID
<53D62DBD.9@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<53D62C1A.5000203@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
On 7/28/2014 4:25 PM, Ramsay Jones wrote:
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> On 28/07/14 11:33, Tanay Abhra wrote:
>> Add `git_die_config` that dies printing the line number and the file name
>> of the highest priority value for the configuration variable `key`.
>>
>> It has usage in non-callback based config value retrieval where we can
>> raise an error and die if there is a semantic error.
>> For example,
>>
>> 	if (!git_config_get_value(key, &value)) {
>> 		/* NULL values not allowed */
>> 		if (!value)
>> 			git_config_die(key);
>> 		else
>> 			/* do work */
>> 	}
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> Note: git_config_get_string() calls git_config_get_string_const(),
>> so no need to check for whether to die or not, as it is done by
>> git_config_get_string_const().
>>
>>  Documentation/technical/api-config.txt |  5 +++++
>>  cache.h                                |  1 +
>>  config.c                               | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
>> index 815c1ee..e7ec7cc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
>> @@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ as well as retrieval for the queried variable, including:
>>  	Similar to `git_config_get_string`, but expands `~` or `~user` into
>>  	the user's home directory when found at the beginning of the path.
>>  
>> +`void git_die_config(const char *key)`::
>> +
>> +	Dies printing the line number and the file name of the highest
>> +	priority value for the configuration variable `key`.
>> +
>>  See test-config.c for usage examples.
>>  
>>  Value Parsing Helpers
>> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
>> index 93bdbab..8512225 100644
>> --- a/cache.h
>> +++ b/cache.h
>> @@ -1406,6 +1406,7 @@ extern int git_config_get_bool(const char *key, int *dest);
>>  extern int git_config_get_bool_or_int(const char *key, int *is_bool, int *dest);
>>  extern int git_config_get_maybe_bool(const char *key, int *dest);
>>  extern int git_config_get_pathname(const char *key, const char **dest);
>> +extern void git_die_config(const char *key);
>>  
>>  extern int committer_ident_sufficiently_given(void);
>>  extern int author_ident_sufficiently_given(void);
>> diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
>> index 2ce3318..136ee9c 100644
>> --- a/config.c
>> +++ b/config.c
>> @@ -1505,8 +1505,12 @@ const struct string_list *git_config_get_value_multi(const char *key)
>>  
>>  int git_config_get_string_const(const char *key, const char **dest)
>>  {
>> +	int ret;
>>  	git_config_check_init();
>> -	return git_configset_get_string_const(&the_config_set, key, dest);
>> +	ret = git_configset_get_string_const(&the_config_set, key, dest);
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>> +		git_die_config(key);
>> +	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>>  int git_config_get_string(const char *key, char **dest)
>> @@ -1547,10 +1551,26 @@ int git_config_get_maybe_bool(const char *key, int *dest)
>>  
>>  int git_config_get_pathname(const char *key, const char **dest)
>>  {
>> +	int ret;
>>  	git_config_check_init();
>> -	return git_configset_get_pathname(&the_config_set, key, dest);
>> +	ret = git_configset_get_pathname(&the_config_set, key, dest);
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>> +		git_die_config(key);
>> +	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>> +void git_die_config(const char *key)
>> +{
>> +	const struct string_list *values;
>> +	struct key_value_info *kv_info;
>> +	values = git_config_get_value_multi(key);
>> +	kv_info = values->items[values->nr - 1].util;
>> +	if (!kv_info->linenr)
>> +		die("unable to parse command-line config");
>> +	else
>> +		die("bad config file line %d in %s",kv_info->linenr, kv_info->filename);
> 
> How about including the 'key' string in the error message?
> Similar comment applies to an earlier patch in this series.
>

git_config_get_string & pathname() are already raising a config_error_nonbool() with the error message, "Missing value for 'key'".

For other cases, I was just following the previous error message, but it can be done for the new git_config().

Thanks.
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>> + }
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * Find all the stuff for git_config_set() below.
>>   */
>>
> 
> ATB,
> Ramsay Jones
> 
> 
> 
Previous: Ramsay JonesNext: Matthieu Moy
Message 11 of 15 in “Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set API”
  1. 0/6 Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set APITanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  2. 1/6 config.c: fix accuracy of line number in errorsTanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  3. 2/6 add line number and file name info to `config_set`Tanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  4. 3/6 rewrite git_config() to use the config-set APITanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  5. 4/6 add a test for semantic errors in config filesTanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  6. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2014
  7. Tanay AbhraJul 28, 2014
  8. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2014
  9. 5/6 config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set APITanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  10. Ramsay JonesJul 28, 2014
  11. Tanay AbhraJul 28, 2014
  12. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2014
  13. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2014
  14. 6/6 add tests for `git_config_get_string_const()`Tanay Abhra, Jul 28, 2014
  15. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2014

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